From time to time, a beam of light pierces the darkness to illuminate the one positive force that still remains in the box from which Pandora released the panoply of ills that afflict humankind. The publication of this little book represents just such an occurrence. Schizophrenia and severe manic-depressive illness are terrible diseases. The treatment offered to their sufferers, however, can be just as terrible, or even more terrible, than the disease itself. Mind-altering drugs at times can be very helpful, but at other times, especially when administered in massive doses, they can destroy the mind itself.